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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ad tell Nick about himself?
(a) He is going to stage a comeback
(b) He regrets his career choice
(c) He is dying
(d) He is crazy

2. What makes Krebs' mother cry?
(a) When Krebs and his father fight
(b) When Krebs says he is going to reenlist
(c) When Krebs slaps her
(d) When Krebs says he does not love anybody

3. What does the soldier promise in the trench that he does not do when danger has passed?
(a) Call his mother
(b) Write a letter to his girlfriend
(c) Tell everyone about Jesus
(d) Stop smoking

4. A U.S. ship called the Simpson is in a ______________ state.
(a) stand down
(b) friendly
(c) foreign
(d) battle-ready

5. What does Krebs tell about the war?
(a) Lies
(b) Occasional stories
(c) His actual experiences
(d) Nothing

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Nick, his father and Uncle George deal with at the Indian camp?

2. What do Nick and Marjorie see?

3. What do the evacuees do every night at midnight?

4. Who is Agnes von Kurowsky?

5. About what do Nick and Bill agree is better than baseball?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hemingway showcase the classic theme of good vs. evil in the disparate stories of the Hungarian robbers and the Hungarian Communist?

2. Explain the irony of the Memoir in Chapter 11.

3. What parallels does Hemingway draw between the three bullfighters and Mr. and Mrs. Elliot and her lover?

4. Explain the symbolism of the disassembled fishing rods carried by the young American wife.

5. Who is the narrator of the Memoir for Chapter 13, and with whom does he interact in this very short scene?

6. How does Hemingway end the story on a more hopeful note than how it began?

7. Explain the significance of the bullfighting scenario in the Memoir of Chapter 9.

8. Describe the narrator's tone in the Memoir for Chapter 4.

9. What is the setting for the story "Cross-Country Snow" in Chapter 12?

10. Explain the significance of Marjorie saying, "There's our old ruin, Nick."

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